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New site additions and news from Crete, Greece on the Megalithic Portalen-usPhaistoshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11640
]]>Translating the Phaistos Disc: A hymn to the Mother goddess of Crete?. Ancient Palace in Crete. The original palace was built in the Proto-Palace Period (around 2000 BCE). It was rebuilt twice after natural disasters.KlingonPhaistosKlingonMon, 09 Feb 2015 03:38:46 GMT11640Koumasahttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36548
Chambered Tomb in CretedavidmorganMon, 27 Oct 2014 20:47:52 GMT36548Elyroshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=36453
]]>Ancient Settlement in CreteThe site of Elyros is a minor ruin, but the very interesting feature is the adjacent conical "pyramid" tomb carved from solid rock just to its northeast. ivanjohnsonElyrosivanjohnsonThu, 09 Oct 2014 16:15:32 GMT36453Arkoudiotissa Cavehttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=35336
]]>Cave in CretejansoldArkoudiotissa CavejansoldSat, 01 Feb 2014 00:37:17 GMT35336Mysterious Minoans Were European, DNA Findshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146414158
]]>Remains in Cretean Cave Support Minoan European Origin. . The Minoans, the builders of Europe's first advanced civilization, really were European, new research suggests.
The conclusion, published today (May 14) in the journal Nature Communications, was drawn by comparing DNA from 4,000-year-old Minoan skeletons with genetic material from people living throughout Europe and Africa in the past and today.coldrumKnossosThorgrimWed, 31 Jul 2013 14:48:10 GMT2146414158Lato (Crete)http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11632
]]>War was central to the Minoan civilisation - contrary to popular belief. Hillfort in Crete./ Lato was a city founded by the Dorian invaders from the mainland around the 8th Century BCE, after the Minoan era. It was built on a defensible mountain pass just south West of Agios Nikolaos.KlingonLato (Crete)AlexHungerMon, 18 Mar 2013 16:00:30 GMT11632Vrysinashttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=30550
Earliest sample of Minoan Hieroglyphics found in Western Crete. Ancient Temple in Crete. A Minoan peak sanctuary dating from the First Palace period (1900-1700 BCE).davidmorganWed, 23 Nov 2011 19:39:44 GMT30550Kato Zakroshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=11631
]]>New research on Zakros Palace among 600 papers presented at International Cretological Congress. Ancient Palace in Crete. The palace spans 4,500 square metres and was the religious and administrative centre for a settlement that spanned 8,000 square metres. The palace has two main structures, built over 2 different periods. The palace was destroyed, along with the other settlements on the island, in 1450 BC by a catastrophic earthquake almost certainly followed by a tsunami and was not rebuilt.KlingonKato ZakrosAlexHungerMon, 31 Oct 2011 10:00:57 GMT11631Evidence of 130,000 year old sea voyage found in Cretehttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=2146413940
"the most ancient sign of early navigation worldwide.". Archaeologists in the Greek island of Crete have uncovered startling evidence on Monday showing that early humans navigated across open waters thousands of years earlier than previously believed. According to the Greek Culture Ministry, archaeological experts from Greece and the United States discovered along the southern coast of the island rough axes and other tools believed to be between 130,000 and 700,000 years old during a survey of the caves and rock shelters located in the areas of Plakias and Preveli.coldrumSat, 08 Jan 2011 22:23:35 GMT2146413940Archanes Theatrehttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27327
]]>A modern theatre in an old-style, it is only a few hundred yards from the Minoan Cemetery of Phourni overlooking the town of Archanes.semArchanes TheatresemSun, 03 Oct 2010 14:13:25 GMT27327Chamaizihttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27326
]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in CretesemChamaizisemSun, 03 Oct 2010 14:08:33 GMT27326Mochloshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27321
]]>Ancient Village or Settlement in CretesemMochlossemSun, 03 Oct 2010 10:17:08 GMT27321Mallia Ossuarieshttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27096
]]>Mallia Ossuaries in Crete; Large quantities of bone and common pottery sherds were found here, dating as far back as the Early Bronze Age. semMallia OssuariessemSun, 12 Sep 2010 17:52:55 GMT27096Karfihttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27047
]]>Karfi is the highest peak sanctuary on Crete. Although originally Middle Minoan (2200-1600BC) it is one of the sites still in use after the Mycenaean "invasion." Clay goddesses found here have been dated to 1050BC.semKarfisemSat, 04 Sep 2010 16:12:09 GMT27047Chrysolakkos Cemeteryhttp://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=27055
]]>It has been suggested that this cemetery was a family vault for Mallia's rulers during the New Temple Period (1600-1400BC).semChrysolakkos CemeterysemSat, 04 Sep 2010 16:10:34 GMT27055